Chapter 482: Chapter 478: A Conscientious Price

Zhai Ruobai (Team A): The sandstorm is really bad right now. Visibility is low, so we’ll need a roll call every five minutes to make sure everyone is safe.

Ningning YYDS: The search and rescue window is tentatively set for six hours. Everyone must regroup here tomorrow at 6 a.m., regardless of how many people we’ve found. We will follow the system time on our synced wristbands for everything.

Lu Wei (Team A): Saving people is important, of course, but no one should be making needless sacrifices. You are all the backbone of the Capital. Losing even one of you would be a great loss for the base. Remember that.

Fierce Tiger Squad: Becoming Stronger Isn’t a Dream: Roger.

Zheng Heng (Revitalization Team): Roger.

Fan Youchen (Golden World Court): Got it.

Lurking in the Shadows: Selling Energy Water here! Grand opening special! To show our appreciation for new customers, the first hundred boxes are just one Third-stage Crystal Core each. The next six hundred boxes will be three Third-stage Crystal Cores each. The energy-boosting effect is out of this world! It’ll have you running wild and flying high, making ’getting stronger’ more than just a dream. This is a limited-time offer, so don’t miss out!

The group chat fell silent for a moment.

No one could have expected that this damn scammer, Xie Ning, would actually start peddling Energy Supplement Potions at a time like this.

After a long moment.

Lu Wei (Team A) just sent an ellipsis...

Ningning YYDS: [Exasperated Lines Emoji]...

Fierce Tiger Squad: Becoming Stronger Isn’t a Dream: Village Belle, we’ll take thirty boxes.

Fierce Tiger Squad’s Little Fairy: Our captain is awesome!

A whole string of Fierce Tiger Squad members followed up with "Our captain is awesome!", showering him with effusive praise as if it were free.

Lurking in the Shadows: Let’s trade outside the vehicle. Crystal Cores for the replenishment water, hand to hand.

Fierce Tiger Squad: Becoming Stronger Isn’t a Dream: On my way. I’m already out.

Fan Youchen (Golden World Court): Captain Xie, we’ll take forty boxes as well.

Everyone was left utterly speechless.

’Are these two captains complete idiots?’

Wang Gangfei (Country A Branch): Just a gentle reminder, the base already issued two Energy Supplement Potions to each of us before the mission. Barring any special circumstances, that should probably be enough... right?

’What kind of rip-off is Xie Ning peddling? Selling replenishment water at such an exorbitant price right before a mission?’

Little did Wang Gangfei know, Xie Ning’s price was actually a bargain.

The magical well water could restore fifty percent of one’s superpower energy in a single dose. Those who bought it would know its value, and those who used it would sing its praises.

Although Xie Ning was used to remaining aloof and minding her own business, she still didn’t want these foolish teammates to arrive in one piece only to be unable to make it back.

For capable Superpower Users like them, Third-stage Crystal Cores weren’t particularly rare, so they should be able to afford them.

"Xie Ning, how much better is this potion than the ones from the base?" Li Dawei asked, running his mouth, but he was quick to hand over the Crystal Cores.

Xie Ning accepted a small bag of Crystal Cores and handed him thirty boxes of the magical well water.

Li Dawei took them, and his lip twitched at the sight.

The name "Niuniu Yogurt" was printed on the boxes.

They were the small, 100-milliliter yogurt cartons she had scavenged in bulk from raids on supermarkets.

Her grandparents had poured all the yogurt into glass pitchers for storage. After being washed, the empty cartons were used to package and reseal the magical well water for Xie Ning.

It wasn’t that Xie Ning lacked stand-up pouches or empty water bottles; their capacity was just too large, making them unsuitable for selling to others.

"So, how effective is it?" Li Dawei pressed.

Xie Ning gave him a deadpan look. "You’ll find out when you drink a mouthful after your superpower energy is depleted."

"This little yogurt carton... is this enough?"

"It’s not tap water!" Xie Ning shot back, rolling her eyes in annoyance.

She stood by the vehicle, and soon, people began to approach one by one to buy the replenishment water.

Xie Ning sold to all comers, but in the end, she only moved eighty boxes.

She wasn’t particularly disappointed.

’I’m sure that once this mission is over,’ she thought, ’those who’ve used the magical well water will realize what an incredibly fair price I offered.’

’The next time I sell it, it won’t be so cheap. It’ll be three Crystal Cores a box. Price firm.’

The group was reorganized into seventeen teams of about forty people each, all assigned a number.

Once preparations were complete, the groups fanned out into the base, battling the wind and sand as they went. Each person checked their route map on the move.

The wind howled, the sand swirled, and night was falling. To prevent anyone from getting separated, Xie Ning would call out "One!" every few minutes.

The group following her was on high alert, and as soon as they heard her start the count, they would shout out their own numbers by reflex.

Gu Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

"Great-niece, you’re calling out the numbers too often. You just did a roll call a minute ago," Song Youzhi said, exasperated.

Xie Ning was on edge as well. ’I can’t shake the feeling that something is hiding in the swirling, pitch-black sand around us.’

Her frayed nerves made her want to start a roll call every few moments.

"Alright, just make sure you all keep up. People in the front and back, keep an eye on each other."

"Our current target area is a small-scale cultivation greenhouse that Gushang Base set up for itself." Xie Ning had already imprinted the topographical map onto her spirit world, so she didn’t need to open her electronic display; viewing it directly with her spiritual power was far more convenient.

"Cres, be on high alert for anything unusual nearby."

"Huh?!"

Xie Ning repeated herself, shouting this time.

"I’ve been watching the whole time!" Cres yelled at the top of his lungs. "Stop getting so worked up over nothing! You’re giving me the creeps."

He was wearing goggles, and his entire head was so thoroughly wrapped up against the sand that his ears were covered, making it hard to hear Xie Ning clearly.

"Woman, let’s set up a Spirit Net. It’ll be easier to talk without having to shout."

Xie Ning, who was still scanning her surroundings, was pleasantly surprised. "You can set up a Spirit Net right now? Can you bring everyone into it?"

"You can’t??"

Xie Ning’s face tightened, her expression going blank. She suddenly had no desire to speak to this little brat.

’What does he mean, "You can’t"?’ she fumed inwardly. ’The kid specializes in spiritual power. It’s perfectly normal for his Spiritual Ability to be a higher Rank than mine right now.’

Cres’s muffled voice carried a hint of smugness. "Fine, since you begged me, I suppose I can reluctantly give it a try."

Xie Ning was speechless.

So was everyone else.

’He can just keep living in his own little world,’ they all thought. No one had heard Ningning beg him for anything.

"Okay, the Spirit Net I’m creating will have a hundred-meter radius, which covers all forty people in our team. Don’t resist my spiritual guidance, ’kay?"

"Just hurry it up, Young Master! Quit your blabbering. The sandstorm is so bad out here I can’t see a thing,"

A few Team A members walking ahead of Housekeeper Youen couldn’t help but stifle their laughter.

"Woman, can you hear my voice?"

Xie Ning immediately picked up on Cres’s crystal-clear voice within her Spirit Domain.

"I’m going to bring the others in now."

The corners of Xie Ning’s lips curled into a smile. ’Maybe this little brat is actually useful after all,’ she thought.

"Wow, little brother Cres, you’re pretty amazing!" Su Xiyue’s voice chimed in on the Spirit Net.

Cres huffed. "I’m only a month younger than you. Who are you calling ’little brother’?"

"This is awesome! I can hear everyone’s voices!" an excited Team A member exclaimed on the Spirit Net.

"This is great. It’s so much more convenient to talk this way."

"Does this consume a lot of spiritual power?" Xie Ning asked.

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